Khronos Releases OpenCL 2.2 Provisional Spec, OpenCL C++ Kernel Language

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Khronos Releases OpenCL 2.2 Provisional Spec, OpenCL C++ Kernel Language

The Khronos Group today announced the provisional specification of OpenCL 2.2 with OpenCL C++ kernel language support. The provisional specifications include OpenCL 2.2, SYCL 2.2, and SPIR-V 1.1...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenCL-2.2-Provisional

[nslay]

That's a step in the right direction!

[vadix]

C++ OpenCL kernels...this is a dream come true! So exciting!

[thelongdivider]

I hope I can run C++ code on my AMD gpus soon!

[-MacNuke-]

Wow! A successor of an "industry standard" that nobody implements... great job!

[pal666]

Wow! A successor of an "industry standard" that nobody implements... great job!

wow idiotic comment. all major videocard vendors implement opencl

[Las_]

wow idiotic comment. all major videocard vendors implement opencl

Not a lot of games make use of it as far as I know.

[pal666]

Not a lot of games make use of it as far as I know.

that's because it is not for games

[-MacNuke-]

wow idiotic comment. all major videocard vendors implement opencl

Wow idiotic comment. Who has an implementation of OpenCL 2.1? AMD is at 2.0, Intel is at 2.0, NVidia is at 1.2, Apple is at 1.2, OpenSource is at <=1.2

[pal666]

Who has an implementation of OpenCL 2.1?

1) it is versioned for a reason
2) it is how "industry standards" go. first you get standard, then you get implementations